Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was an English poet, Catholic and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His manipulation of prosody (particularly his invention of sprung rhythm and use of imagery) established him as an innovative writer of verse. Two of his major themes were nature and religion. ( Wikipedia)

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I walk, I lift up, I lift up heart, eyes,
Down all that glory in the heavens to glean our
Saviour;
And, éyes, heárt, what looks, what lips yet gave you a
Rapturous love's greeting of realer, of rounder replies?

And the azurous hung hills are his world-wielding
shoulder
Majestic—as a stallion stalwart, very-violet-sweet!—
These things, these things were here and but the
beholder
Wanting; which two when they once meet,
The heart rears wings bold and bolder
And hurls for him, O half hurls earth for him off
under his feet.

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The acute accent is sometimes (though rarely) used for poetic purposes:

It can mark stress on an unusual syllable: for example, caléndar to indicate [kəˈlɛn.dɚ] (rather than the standard [ˈkæl.ən.dɚ]).

It can disambiguate stress where the distinction is metrically important: for example, rébel (as opposed to rebél), or áll trádes, to show that the phrase is pronounced as a spondee, rather than the
more natural iamb.

It can indicate the sounding of an ordinarily silent letter: for example, pickéd to indicate the pronunciation [ˈpɪkɪd], rather than standard [pɪkt] (the grave accent is more common for this last purpose).

Both words are single syllables so that eliminates the first usage (unless his intent is to make them into two syllable words?). The third is the use you mention, also not appropriate in this case.

That leaves the second, so I'm guessing Hopkins intent was to set the rhythm of the line, pronouncing eyes and heart as a spondee. (More on spondee here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondee). This falls in line with Hopkins use of "sprung rhythm".

My initial reaction was just to read it as if the diacriticals weren't there, but your inquiry has perhaps now altered that plan and I may try to reflect Hopkins desire rather than mine.

Fritz

"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."